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January 7, 2000

Lady Tigers- top free throw shooting team in the Nation

By Mac Sisson


The best women’s NCAA Division free throw shooting team in the nation this week is Ouachita Baptist University.

The Lady Tigers have hit 190 of 237 attempts at the line for 80.2 percent. Off to one of its best starts in school history, Garry Crowder-coached team also leads the Lone Star Conference in free throw shooting.

Ouachita has a record of 9-1 and is among the top 10 in won-lost percentages in the weekly NCAA Division II stats.

The Lady Tigers are 14th in national three-point field goal percentage, hitting on 40 of 104 treys for a 38.5 percent average. In conference action, OBU leads the 17 school mega-conference in the category.

In individual score,ng, Ouachita senior Jamie Scheppmann, a 5-10 senior from Cove is ninth in national scoring with 48 total field goals, including nine three-pointers. She has 70 free throws for a total of 1754 points and a 21.9 points per gave average. The Louisiana Tech transfer is second in the LSC behind Latracia Spencer of West Texas A & M University, who has 22.6 average.

Scheppmann is tied with fellow teammate Robyn Anders for sixth place in national free throw percentage. Both players have a 90.9 percentage. Anders, a 5-9 sophomore point guard from Grapevine, Texas is 40 of 44 from the line, while Scheppmann is 70 of 77. The Ouachita duo is listed in second place in free throw shooting in the conference, following Christi Chaves of Angelo State (Texas) University who has a 93.3 percentage. The ASU player has only been in five games and hit 14 of 15.


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